As usual, Jimmy Carter has again got it all wrong. He obviously does not understand the Judeo in the -Christian tradition of which he speaks. I do not claim to have any kind of knowledge of the internal debates withing the Southern Baptist Convention, or the internals of Islamo-Fascism which he has obviously shown his bias towards, in the past. But if you want things to change, and he IS (WAS) AN ELDER, in the denomination, then the way to go about it is FROM WITHIN! By quitting, he is just taking the easy way out, washing his hands of it, and abdicating what he indicates is his responsibility to CHANGE those policies of the church that he says he disagrees with. Great "micro-manager" Submarine Nuclear Officer. Lousy President and biased, horrible, self-compromised "activist ex-president" who desperately tries to remain in the limelight and convince us he is still relevant to anything...
Calm down! My quip about Palin was a total joke because I thought you were joking about Carter. 60 years is long enough to see your church veering even further towards kookdom. And he didn't just quit: he wrote about it explaining why he chose to leave, why cherry-picking the bible is wrong, and that other elders of other churches and organizations should do the same. While I had my issues with his Presidency (and they are not what most people think he did wrong) I believe he is an honest and caring man who tries to do the right thing. And I respect this stand, which for him must have been very painful.
I don't care that it took him a while, or whatever, a good thing is a good thing today or tomorrow or next week. And it's good even if (ahem) one has differed in the past with the person doing the good thing today. Maybe it's being 51, but I don't expect absolutely clean moral resumes from anybody. Or perfect timing. Or at least, that doesn't mean something good isn't good enough...
I don't care either. Definitely there have been recent splits in the SBC over women and other social issues. I think also that he was convinced by Tutu that people with persuasive powers need to take a stand.
I have no argument against Carter. He did what he felt was right, and that was taking a stand against a wrong, however belated it is. He may not have been the most effective president we have had, but he certainly wasn't the worst or most forgettable. Remember Ford? No? Why not? ;) And don't get me started on Palin...isn't it curious that she quit right before the mining issue came up again. Timing? You betcha. She may not be brilliant, but she knows when to run from a time bomb. Not withstanding she may have actually lit it herself, so in effect she's is no better off than the soldier who shoots himself in the foot... she will suffer inspite of herself.
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But if you want things to change, and he IS (WAS) AN ELDER, in the denomination, then the way to go about it is FROM WITHIN!
By quitting, he is just taking the easy way out, washing his hands of it, and abdicating what he indicates is his responsibility to CHANGE those policies of the church that he says he disagrees with.
Great "micro-manager" Submarine Nuclear Officer. Lousy President and biased, horrible, self-compromised "activist ex-president" who desperately tries to remain in the limelight and convince us he is still relevant to anything...
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While I had my issues with his Presidency (and they are not what most people think he did wrong) I believe he is an honest and caring man who tries to do the right thing. And I respect this stand, which for him must have been very painful.
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I don't care that it took him a while, or whatever, a good thing is a good thing today or tomorrow or next week. And it's good even if (ahem) one has differed in the past with the person doing the good thing today. Maybe it's being 51, but I don't expect absolutely clean moral resumes from anybody. Or perfect timing. Or at least, that doesn't mean something good isn't good enough...
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And don't get me started on Palin...isn't it curious that she quit right before the mining issue came up again. Timing? You betcha. She may not be brilliant, but she knows when to run from a time bomb. Not withstanding she may have actually lit it herself, so in effect she's is no better off than the soldier who shoots himself in the foot... she will suffer inspite of herself.
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